Table 5.

Predicted probability for each PEDS path from the multinomial logistic regression model.

Infant characteristics		Environment		Predicted Probability of Screening in Each PEDS Path
Gender	Ear infections	Household income	Mother with a history of abuse, postpartum depression, and poor contentment during pregnancy	Path A (high risk of developmental problems)	Path B (moderate risk of developmental problems)	Path C (elevated risk of behavioral and/or mental health problems)	Path E (extremely low to no risk)
Male	Ear infections	Low income	History	0.53	0.23	0.15	0.09
Male	Ear infections	High income	None	0.11	0.32	0.22	0.35
Male	Ear infections	Low income	None	0.19	0.32	0.21	0.28
Male	None	Low income	None	0.12	0.32	0.22	0.33
Female	None	High income	None	0.03	0.25	0.22	0.50
Female	None	High income	History	0.12	0.33	0.27	0.28
Female	Ear infections	High income	None	0.04	0.27	0.22	0.47
Female	Ear infections	Low	None	0.08	0.28	0.23	0.41